Conceptualizing power to study social-ecological interactions

Ecology and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Boonstra, Wiebren J ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fire domestication; Power; Resilience; Social responsibility; Social ecological interactions; Sociology

Indexed keywords

FIRE MANAGEMENT; POWER; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL THEORY;

EID: 84962716263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-07966-210121     Document Type: Article

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